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http://therockstation99x.com/free-beer-hot-wingsthis-drum-beat-has-been-used-in-more-than-1500-songs-video/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 11:58:57 +0000Free Beer and Hot Wingshttp://wgrd.com/?p=331765There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of the song “Amen, Brother” from the band The Winstons, a b-side released in 1969.

But there’s a very good chance that you’ve heard what is referred to as the “Amen, Brother” break, a six-second drum solo that appeared in the middle of the song.

The Who have started other tours believing they were bidding farewell to the road, but Roger Daltrey knows the group’s 50th anniversary dates are definitely the “last big tour we’ll ever do.”

“We have to be realistic,” Daltrey told Rolling Stone. “I want us to stop at the top of our game when we are still really good at what we do. The quality of the music is really what this is all about.”

That said, Daltrey argued that the current incarnation of the Who is “amazing” in concert. “There’s something about old rock musicians with good music. It just gets better,” he continued. “Maturity brings something extra to it. What it loses in the youthful exuberance, it makes up with the scars of age.”

And although the singer maintains that his vocal cords are “better now than they’ve ever been,” he added that there’s something satisfying about taking a victory lap while he’s still in command of his instrument: “There’s something about looking down the end of a telescope and seeing a potential end. It brings me more joy when I sing the songs because it might be the last time. I’ve always tried to sing as though I’m singing a song for the first time, now I sing it as though I’m singing the song for what might be the last time.”

Admitting that life on the road isn’t quite as easy to cope with physically as it was in his youth, Daltrey also laughingly pointed out that while he does feel 71, “If I shut my eyes, I’m 21. I try and avoid the mirror.”

All of which adds up to a lengthy series of dates during which Daltrey says he’s enjoying engaging with the audience while truly appreciating how far the Who have come over the past five decades. “Obviously, I hope I’m wiser. I hope I’m less arrogant. Of course, you feel different, but life is a joy,” mused Daltrey. “I’m very aware that I’ve had a life of privilege thanks to the music business and the support of our audience. I’m very aware of that.”

If you’re a big Fight Club fan (and, if so, who can blame you), you might have seen a lot of the subliminal messages cut throughout the film like the many split-second Tyler Durden appearances or the occasional flashes of, ahem, the male anatomy. But, here’s something you may have missed: director David Fincher says there is a Starbucks coffee cup hidden in every scene of the movie.

One of the most memorable characters in Fight Club, aside from Tyler Durden of course, is Bitch T-ts Bob. Singer Meatloaf played the role and had to wear a 100-lb. padded suit filled with birdseed to make him look fat and 8-inch heels to make him appear that much taller than Edward Norton’s character.

“You Think You Know Movies?” is a ScreenCrush original series that dives deep into the cinematic worlds of your favorite movies and freeze frames a few tidbits you might not have known. We’ve already tackled Star Wars, The Avengers and Spider-Man, but now, it’s time to head into space, where no one can hear you scream, with our latest video!

Watch more installments of ‘You Think You Know Movies?’ below and let us know what movies we should cover next.

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After a knife fight that recently landed him and his brother in the hospital, Slipknot‘s Mick Thomson is now seeing the legal consequences from the altercation. According to the Des Moines Register, Thomson and his brother have both been charged with disorderly conduct for the fight.

The brothers were reportedly involved in a scuffle when police arrived on the scene early on the morning of March 11. The fight escalated from the house outdoors where police found them. According to the police report, it was stated that both brothers appeared to be intoxicated. Each brother sustained injuries with the Slipknot guitarist reportedly being stabbed in the back of the head.

Luckily none of the injuries were considered life threatening and both were eventually booked and released after being checked out at the hospital.

Both Mick and his brother Andrew are expected to appear in court on March 30 to answer to the disorderly conduct charges. According to Blabbermouth, the brothers could be fined $65, $625 or spend up to 30 days in jail depending on the court’s ruling.

The latter potential ruling could cause an issue for Slipknot as the band is set to kick off their spring tour on April 25 in Fort Myers, Fla. However, Slipknot’s manager reportedly told KCCI that the incident will not impact any of the group’s shows. Dates for the tour can be found here.

This episode of ‘Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?‘ features the full lineup of Papa Roach! What is true and what is false on the band’s various Wikipedia pages? We sought to find out for this exclusive clip!

There’s a lot of history in Papa Roach — 22 years to be exact — and sometimes the online game of telephone can result in a few misprints on Wikipedia. In this episode of our signature segment, Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance and Tony Palermo offer the truth on Papa Roach’s career, adding in a few awesome anecdotes, as well.

Papa Roach actually began on the football field, where rock ‘n’ roll quickly became a priority over the gridiron once vocalist Jacoby Shaddix and former drummer Dave Bucker decided to form a band. Guitarist Jerry Horton soon joined Papa Roach, but was hesitant at first — though it’s not because of the reason Wikipedia offers.

We delve further into the band’s legacy by getting into Papa Roach’s breakout 2000 album, Infest, and the nu-metal anthem “Last Resort.” The band clear up a Wiki falsehood about the song’s video while speaking of its heavily censored “radio friendly” version.

Papa Roach also address accusations of ripping off Iron Maiden, a greatest hits CD which the band asked their fans not to buy, Jacoby’s son’s natural talent for dreaming up music videos and much more.

Check out the Papa Roach edition of ‘Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?’ above and check out some earlier episodes below!

Unlike the super secrecy of Star Wars: Episode 7 or Marvel, Spectre has been surprisingly forthcoming, especially for a movie that’s all about secrets. So far, in just a relatively short amount of filming time, we’ve had two video blogs updating with news the set and today we already have a Spectre poster.

OK, it’s not much of a teaser poster, but it certainly is James Bond-ish. He’s looking suave and carrying a gun. Though, unlike the Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace or Skyfall posters, Daniel Craig’s Bond isn’t wearing a suit. Instead he’s sporting a black turtleneck a la Roger Moore in Live and Let Die.

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Does this mean a more informal and rugged 007 in this film? Maybe it’s a tactical turtleneck?

In addition to Craig and returning cast members Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris and Rory Kinnear, the cast will be joined by Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, David Bautista and Andrew Scott.

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

]]>http://therockstation99x.com/spectre-poster-teaser/feed/0Sony PicturesTop Drinking Songs for St. Patty's Day [VIDEO]http://therockstation99x.com/top-drinking-songs-for-st-pattys-day-video-2/
http://therockstation99x.com/top-drinking-songs-for-st-pattys-day-video-2/#commentsTue, 17 Mar 2015 13:36:23 +0000Puffhttp://therockstation99x.com/?p=53244St. Patty’s Day is today-the one day no that matter what color, nationality or creed you are we are all the same…no, not Irish, it’s the day we all puke green. So, to help our livers get prepared for the big day, here are some of the Top Ten Irish Drinking Songs. Raise your pints of Guinness and your plate of Corned beef and cabbage, and get ready for the best night you’ll never remember. And as always, if you have some extra cash, send it in because I have a feeling we are gonna need bail money after tonight’s Pub Crawl with Starset.

This is the quintessential drinking song for St. Patty’s Day. In fact, I think it’s time to crack the top on this bottle of Jameson’s now…why wait till tonight?

Come 2 am, we are all hammered and looking to score. So, this one is dedicated to all the good looking women, cold pints of Killian’s, and lowered standards…god bless.

This about sums it all…too bad we don’t have a real Irish pub.

This is an Irish man’s theme…be careful not to end up with a “Bloody O’Toole”

It’s not St. Paddy’s Day unless you drink and you drink and you drink some more…

If you’re trying to ruin my buzz…well bugger off!

If you’re Irish and think you have a drinking problem…chances are you’re actually Scottish.

Happy St. Paddy’s! Enjoy! And seriously, we are taking donations for bail money/legal fees…thank you. What are some are some of your favorite Irish Drinking songs?

In 1992, with the biggest record of their career behind them and 25 million of Elektra Records’ dollars in the bank, Motley Crue seemed poised to scale even greater heights. Instead, they suddenly found themselves in need of a new singer.

Shortly into the sessions for what was supposed to be the follow-up to 1989′s Dr. Feelgood, internal disagreements led to the departure of vocalist Vince Neil, leaving drummer Tommy Lee, guitarist Mick Mars, and bassist Nikki Sixx without a voice for their new songs. Following a brief search (during which Skid Row‘s Sebastian Bach may or may not have been asked to join the lineup), they hooked up with John Corabi, frontman for the Scream.

Although they initially hid the news of Corabi’s hiring from Elektra, fearing the label might try to redefine the terms of their contract, his arrival added some welcome new ingredients to the band’s multi-platinum sound. Not only did Corabi bring a markedly different vocal sound, he also contributed lyrics and guitar — weapons that were not really part of Neil’s arsenal.

“It was a pretty natural evolution when John came in to audition,” Lee told MTV just after the album’s release. “We were looking for a singer. He came in, strapped on a guitar, and we were like, ‘Whoa, what’s going on?’ … All of a sudden the sound got twice as fat, and all these things just started coming.”

Unfortunately, when Motley Crue dropped on March 15, 1994, rock radio was in the middle of a major overhaul. “You have all the guys with their goatees and Doc Martens. It’s more of a fashion movement than a musical movement right now, I think,” Sixx grumbled during the MTV interview. There were probably a few sour grapes in there, but bands of Crue’s vintage definitely had a harder time breaking heavy rotation at the time.

It also didn’t help that WEA — the distribution conglomerate behind Elektra, Warner Bros., and Atlantic — was also in the midst of executive turmoil, with the chairmen at various WEA labels being forced to turn in their keys to the executive washroom repeatedly during the mid-’90s. Elektra was no exception, which doubtless diverted focus from promotional efforts for Motley Crue — a record which already faced a tough road with fans thanks to Neil’s absence.

Watch Motley Crue Perform ‘Misunderstood’

“It’s so sad that we’re not allowed to grow,” lamented Sixx in a 1995 interview following the release of Motley Crue. “It’s important in life to grow.” And although the record broke the Top 10 and spun off a couple of rock radio hits, it’s easy to understand his frustration. Motley Crue only went gold, a steep comedown from its chart-topping predecessor, and rumors of Neil’s return proved annoyingly persistent.

Corabi was still in the lineup when the band returned to the studio for its seventh studio album, which Sixx promised would be “a cross-breed between the last album and something with big grooves like Dr. Feelgood or Shout at the Devil, but with a stripped-down feel, played in its raw form.”

Sixx went on to hint at the problems that would ultimately lead to Corabi’s quick departure from the band, describing him as “pissed off at the negative things people have said about him” and adding that he was “f–ing determined to be the best singer, best guitar player, best f–ing frontman. … Now, we’re obsessed with making this the most invigorating album Motley have ever done.”

Unfortunately, not long after that interview, Corabi was out and Neil was back in — the fallout from years of pressure from Elektra and the band’s inability to move out of the shadow cast by the music they’d created with their former frontman. Corabi admitted he contemplated suicide after losing the gig, and has expressed disappointment regarding his subsequent estrangement from the remaining Crue, but he also seems to have made peace with his efforts in a pretty difficult situation.

“I think deep down that Tommy, Mick and Nikki know that we made a great record together,” he later told Rock Revolt. “Is it their best record? I’m not going to be the one to say that, but for that time period and time frame, I think we made something really special. … Anyone can think whatever the f– they want to about me, but the bottom line is I dare any one of those f–ers who … hate me, I dare any of them to do anything differently than I did in the same position.”

Corabi has no argument from Mars. “I’ll probably get kicked in the nuts for this,” Mars later told Eddie Trunk. “But I thought is was a really great album. It was a great step forward for us, a different style of music. I thought it was much heavier and much more. I don’t even know how to say it. The songs sounded more like songs. … I thought that album was fantastic.”

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http://therockstation99x.com/free-beer-hot-wings-on-this-episode-of-jeopardy-only-one-contestant-made-final-jeopardy-video/#commentsFri, 13 Mar 2015 11:58:00 +0000Rick Martinezhttp://wgrd.com/?p=328025This is something that just doesn’t happen very often on “Jeopardy!”

For the first time since 2011, only one contestant made it to the Final Jeopardy round on a recent episode of the TV game show.

How is that possible?

Well, the other two contestants had negative amounts leading into the final round.

Because of that, contestant Kristin was all on her own.

In a perfect world, she would have lost all of her money and there would have been no winner.

Dates for Aerosmith‘s 2015 tour continue to trickle out, with stops now confirmed for Santa Barbara, Calif., in July, and a special show a month later at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

A smattering of other concerts in Evansville, Ind., and Las Vegas, among others, were announced last month, but no other dates have been confirmed until today. The band’s up-to-date itinerary is below.

Their stop at the Pro Football Hall of Fame will mark the first ever Concert for Legends, which will take place before the enshrinement ceremonies for the hall’s class of 2015. The band will perform at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, on the same field where the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers meet to officially kick off the new NFL season.

“When we started out, jocks did not hang out with long-haired musicians longer than it took to beat them up,” joked Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton – who, like the rest of the Boston-based band, is a New England Patriots fan — in a press release announcing the concert. “Finally, we have a meeting of the minds based on mutual respect. It’ll be a great honor to be there that night.”

The Hall of Fame game is already sold out. Concert tickets — priced from $35 to $225 — go on sale March 21 at 10AM ET via Ticketmaster. Maybe by then we’ll know more about what Aerosmith have planned for the rest of 2015.

Following the shocking news earlier today that Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson was apparently stabbed in the head by his own brother during a scuffle between the two siblings, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has commented on the situation via a pair of tweets.

To recap, Thomson was hospitalized after an apparent knife fight with his brother Andrew outside the Slipknot guitarist’s home in Clive, Iowa. The brothers were apparently intoxicated during the altercation. They both suffered non-life threatening stab wounds and were taken to a local hospital in separate ambulances.

In Taylor’s first tweet, the vocalist seemed to be unsure of Thomson’s condition, saying, “In regards to the story about Mick, I’m doing the best I can to find out if he’s alright. I’ll get back to you later.” See the tweet below:

In regards to the story about Mick, I'm doing the best I can to find out if he's alright. I'll get back to you later.

They used to wish they were special. Now Radiohead are the most artistically significant band of the past two decades.

Although the 1993 modern rock hit “Creep” may have been their formal introduction to the world (and, in hindsight, not representative of them at all), the Oxfordshire five-piece didn’t take long to demonstrate they were so much more. Promptly rejecting the fame that came from their earliest buzz and spurning anyone else’s expectations of who they should be, Radiohead released a string of increasingly ambitious albums during the ’90s that paved the way for some of the most complex and intellectually challenging work ever released by a mainstream act.

Led by eternally enigmatic frontman Thom Yorke and genius composer Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead have managed the improbable feat of being the most critically adored band in the world while remaining commercially huge. Thanks in part to their forward-thinking approach to releasing records and their undeniable ability to turn intimate and academic sonic exploration into arena-shaking anthems, Radiohead have redefined what it means to be a band in the 21st century.

In this installment of Worst to First, we rank each of the band’s studio albums. And while only one album can top the list, you could legitimately call half of them masterpieces. Check out the gallery above — and then let us know how you rank Radiohead’s catalog.

Scott Cawthon’s Five Nights at Freddy’s series has terrified the masses with its addictive gameplay, but nothing is as terrifying as this real life Freddy Fazbear animatronic.

Everyone has been talking about Five Nights at Freddy’s since the third, and possibly last, game in the series premiered earlier this month. Now, Destructoid reports that one fan has taken it past just talking about the game and has set to work… on the exact thing from our nightmares — a real life, true to size, Freddy Fazbear animatronic. You can check out Freddy in all his glory in the video above and try not to have nightmares for the next week. Just make sure you check the vents.

Dr. CreepyPasta is the mastermind behind it and although I would love to report on all the things that are on his channel… it’s really mostly just unsettling videos of his Freddy animatronic. Not that we can really blame him with all the work that it probably took to put the bear together, considering it can be programmed to carry out many different movements and phrases. He even programmed the voice to occasionally skip to make it extra creepy, as though it needed to be scarier.

This Freddy animatronic has been generating a big buzz, but that could be the “ghost in the machine,” if you catch my drift. In the comments on his YouTube channel, there are tons of requests for him or her to bring other animatronics to life from the game. The people are requesting Chica and Foxy, now we’ll just have to wait and see if Dr. CreepyPasta rises to the challenge. Although, I’m not sure who would want their house filled up with creepy animatronics from a horror-based game. Better a CreepyPasta fanatic goes to make Freddy robots than the things Slender Man has people doing.

Rob Zombie recently wrapped his first day of shooting on his new horror film 31. The writer and director celebrated the beginning of the shoot by announcing that acclaimed actor Malcolm McDowell is portraying Father Murder, the owner of Murder World in the film. McDowell joins the cast that already features Tristan Voges, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and E.G. Dailey.

Zombie took to Facebook to make the announcement writing: “DAY ONE of filming 31 has been completed so I thought it was time to share another awesome addition to the cast. We now present MALCOLM McDOWELL as FATHER MURDER the owner of MURDER WORLD.” McDowell is best known for his sinister role in the classic Stanley Kurbrick film A Clockwork Orange and for playing “Dr. Samuel Loomis,” in Zombie’s 2007 remake of Halloween.

The rocker also recently announced that Judy Geeson is playing “Sister Dragon” and David Ury, best known for his roles in Breaking Bad and American Horror Story will portray “Schizo-Head.

Last week, Zombie released the names of two cast members for 31, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and E.G. Dailey. Hilton Jacobs is best known as Freddie “Boom Boom” Washington, the smooth-talking teenager for the hit ’70s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, while Dailey is noted for her roles in Valley Girl, Better Off Dead and Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.

It was also recently revealed that actor Torsten Voges was cast as Death-Head in 31. To learn more about the film click here.

After Zombie finishes shooting the film, he will hit the road starting in June. He will perform a headlining gig at the inaugural Loudwire Music Festival taking place June 26-28 in Grand Junction, Colo. For all his upcoming dates, click here.

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http://therockstation99x.com/new-daredevil-trailer-features-a-lot-of-kingpin-and-matt-murdock-in-action-video/#commentsTue, 10 Mar 2015 16:41:29 +0000Puffhttp://therockstation99x.com/?p=362716If you listen to me on the air or have been to Excalibur Comics lately, you that one of the most talked about things in the comic world is the up coming Daredevil Netflix series. Personally, I love Daredevil because he’s like Batman without the money, gadgets, or sidekicks. He’s a seriously jacked up blind karate master that strives to make his little section of New York (Hell’s Kitchen) a safer place to be. Today, Marvel released the latest trailer for the Daredevil series and holy crap is it good!

In the new trailer, we get a look at everyone from Stick to the Kingpin to Matt Murdock to Daredevil in action. I know I just got some serious nerd wood. Can’t wait for the show to hit Netflix April 10th and seriously can’t wait for some of the awesome show swag to start hitting the shelves at Excalibur!

If one in an infinite number of monkeys would eventually type out the complete works of Shakespeare, then it stands to reason that a similar number of YouTube channels would eventually produce a cover of Van Halen‘s “Hot for Teacher” by a former stripper and lingerie model turned vlogger and reality TV celebrity.

Given the distinct credentials boasted by performer Trisha Paytas, it also comes as no surprise that the video for her version of “Hot for Teacher” is preceded by an introduction from none other than VH frontman David Lee Roth, who has always had a healthy respect for the pursuit of fame as the means to its own end.

“Never before in the history of digital cyberspace. Get your cyberlegs ready. You’re about to lose your balance. Ladies and gentlemen!” barks Roth before cracking up and falling back in his chair. “As you can see, I’m a little bit distracted, because what you’re about to see is going to blow your mind. Mind-roasting!” Roth then utters a Japanese phrase that he says translates to “my mind is burning” before introducing “the homeroom teacher that you’ve always dreamt of” and promising that watching the video will lower your IQ by 14 points.

With an endorsement like that, you can hardly say no to watching Paytas’ “Hot for Teacher,” and if you like this, be sure to check out the rest of her new EP Fat Chicks, which has already made it into the Top 40 of the iTunes U.S. Pop Chart.

It’s been a while since we had a really good disaster movie. Roland Emmerich was the last guy to really push the genre forward, but after freezing and then destroying the entire planet (in The Day After Tomorrow and 2012, respectively) there’s not really a lot of ground left to cover (and demolish). Next summer’s San Andreas will attempt to revive the disaster movie by juicing up an old favorite: the earthquake. This version, directed by Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’s Brad Peyton, features a tremor so huge it encompasses all of California from Los Angeles to San Francisco. It’s so big, Paul Giamatti gravely intones, it can even be felt on the East Coast. That’s a big quake.

Our only hope is Dwayne Johnson, whose muscles are so big, I guess, that he can pretty much just wedge himself in the San Andreas fault and cushion all the shaking and cracking. (I haven’t read the script, mind you, this is just a prediction.) Most of the footage in the trailer suggests the film is comprised largely of Johnson flying around in a helicopter, looking at earthquake special effects, plus sad cover versions of classic California tunes.

Reader, I am torn. I’m not a huge disaster movie fan, but I do love me some The Rock action movies. But I also prefer a more tongue-in-cheek Dwayne Johnson, the guy who can bounce 3D berries off his pecs in between fight scenes. It’s hard to work those kind of jokes into a movie where buildings are collapsing and millions of people are dying. San Andreas opens on May 29.